A-5 Polished Internals
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Topic: A-5 Polished Internals
Posted By: LordJovian
Subject: A-5 Polished Internals
Date Posted: 06 July 2004 at 7:27am
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Ok... so I looked at my A-5's insides and was wondering why people polish the insides??? It's already polished! I saw no overspray whatsoever, and couldn't see why polishing it even more would gain any benefits. So why is evryone taking steel wool and sand paper to their guns? ------------- A-5 E-grip Chipley Custom Carbon Graphite 16" Evil Adapter(Spyder) 32 Deg New '03 XChamber Remote Line Gun Sling Sniper f/x Stock LPK 68/4500 HPA R-5 CP Reg JCS Duel Trigger |
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Posted By: phidelt128
Date Posted: 06 July 2004 at 7:41am
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Well, I don't know about the "steel wool and sand paper" part, but the act of "polishing" the internals can be as simple as spraying Rain-X or Car Wax inside. The whole purpose is to reduce the friction as much as possible and to make cleaning the marker easier. A gunked up A5 will show a huge drop in velocity without a good cleaning. The polishing reduces the amount of air needed to charge and fire the marker. It's like pushing a couch on your rug. If it's got wheels on it, it's a whole lot easier. ------------- Money Talks...Mine Says, "Good Bye!" |
Posted By: LordJovian
Date Posted: 06 July 2004 at 7:48am
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that's the thing- it's oiled. I almost dropped the sear bolt when I took it out 'cause it was oiled. Everyone says there's overspray from the gun getting painted by Tippmann but there isn't. Oiling the gun should be sufficient, right? ------------- A-5 E-grip Chipley Custom Carbon Graphite 16" Evil Adapter(Spyder) 32 Deg New '03 XChamber Remote Line Gun Sling Sniper f/x Stock LPK 68/4500 HPA R-5 CP Reg JCS Duel Trigger |
Posted By: phidelt128
Date Posted: 06 July 2004 at 9:20am
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That is all that the marker needs, yes. The polishing part is just to make it a little nicer and, in essence, to give us something to do. The overall benefit will not be noticed if you keep it clean and oiled. ------------- Money Talks...Mine Says, "Good Bye!" |
Posted By: bowers182
Date Posted: 06 July 2004 at 10:09am
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you are very lucky in your lack of overtspray. mine looked like it was ment to be paintbaed on the inside. when i used steel woll to polish the internals it made the gun cycle faster and much quieter. ------------- m'kay |
Posted By: fdjizm
Date Posted: 06 July 2004 at 4:24pm
| yea not all the a5's came with alot of overspray , mine did so i had to polish it, but u got lucky... |
Posted By: LordJovian
Date Posted: 06 July 2004 at 4:39pm
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Hehe lucky me! ------------- A-5 E-grip Chipley Custom Carbon Graphite 16" Evil Adapter(Spyder) 32 Deg New '03 XChamber Remote Line Gun Sling Sniper f/x Stock LPK 68/4500 HPA R-5 CP Reg JCS Duel Trigger |
Posted By: fdjizm
Date Posted: 06 July 2004 at 4:47pm
| photpshop, but im gonna have a metal one made and stuck to the side,...DONT COPY!! |
Posted By: Ralphwggm5
Date Posted: 06 July 2004 at 5:32pm
haha ------------- A-5 14" Bigshot E-Grip Palmer's Female Stabilizer 68/4500 HPA Collapsible Stock Coiled Remote Polished Internals |
phidelt128 wrote:Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 06 July 2004 at 6:12pm
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I've never even seen the right or left reciever half. I see no point in disasembling it that much ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |